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• Also: A view from the experts: Modern society still needs spirituality (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• New-yet-old ideas about the soul | Thinkers who question if there's a self separate from the body say they're faithful to biblical roots (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
  
  
• Pray often and live longer | Sometimes it seems that much of what used to be common knowledge from time immemorial has to be relearned all over again. The power of prayer is a case in point (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
  
  
• Views change on integrating holiness into everyday life | Denise Roy's spirituality for people with hectic lives juggling jobs, kids and mortgages. (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

Children and teenagers:

• Mum, what's God? | Every parent dreads those awkward questions. Few are more awkward than those relating to faith (The Herald, Glasgow, Scotland)
  
  
• The dangers of being 12 going on 20 | Knowing and naïve 'tweens', bred on brands and the net, are being lured into danger (The Times, London)
  
  

Money and business:

• Students start Christian coffeehouse | Manager is only 15 (Shreveport Times, La.)
  
  
• An altered outlook for Bible store | Like many big churches, shop going to Prince George's County (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Long-distance service has a conservative ring to it | Those who join the long-distance service will vote on which conservative group will receive 10 percent of the company's profits (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Nuns given Mother Teresa copyright | Missionaries of Charity has managed to secure copyright of Mother Teresa's name to prevent it being exploited by commercial interests (BBC)
  
  

Religion in the workplace:

• The workplace gets spiritual | The line between business and spiritual life is becoming increasingly blurred (The Times, London)
  
  
• Owners, attorneys to appeal verdict in discrimination case | Michael Lee Johnson says company owners pressured him to become a member of the Apostolic Tabernacle (The News-Star, Monroe, La.)
  
  

Other stories of interest:

• Ceremony prays for holy waters | A Chicago neighborhood hopes priest's blessing will smooth the installation and operation of a much-needed sewer pipe (Chicago Tribune\)
  
  
• Archdiocese sees no miracle in Milton | Says chemicals caused image (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Grid gets power from God | The power of God is to be used to supply the National Grid after a church won the right to sell it electricity (BBC)
  
  
• Destiny or quirk? If the name fits… | There's only one Cardinal Sin (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Metro folk prefer God-fearing cops | Residents of Metro Manila want their policemen to fear God and prioritize their spiritual growth and development above anything else (Today, ABS-CBN, Philippines)
  
  
• U.S. religion news in brief | Funeral suit, United Church of Christ's pro-transgendered vote, William Jewell College may lose Baptist funding, and other stories (Associated Press)
  
  

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